Farringdon

Other current and historical names

Faringdon
Ferhendone
Ferentone

Parish/Community: Farringdon
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°42'40"N 3°23'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 301778, 91119
OS Grid: SY017911
Mapcode Local: GBR P4.SMCV
Mapcode Global: FRA 37S6.859

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Farringdon within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Farringdon in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Farringdon.-- par. and vil., E. Devon, 5½ miles SE. of Exeter, 2015 ac., pop. 301; in N. vicinity of vil. is Farringdon House.

Farringdon in the Domesday Book

A village in Budleigh hundred, in the county of Devon.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bretel de Sancto Claro (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7 shillings in 1070; 7 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 3 acres
- Pasture: 12 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 cows; 4 pigs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Fulcher the bowman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcher the bowman
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 8 acres
- Pasture: 8 acres
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle

British Place Names

Farringdon, Devon

Farringdon is a hamlet in Devon

Farringdon in historic gazetteers

Farringdon in the Domesday Book